Flav wrote on Jun 30^th, 2014 at 9:32am:



good to know.  I always thought VulviusMaximus was 80% douche.

Lelouch wrote on Jun 30^th, 2014 at 2:47pm:

In order, I would:
(1) Attack the lag/performance problem like you are storming the beaches of Normandy.  Accept no outcome but success.
(2) Fix EVERY feat, epic destiny, character feat that is NOT working as designed.  This should be the baseline before adding ANY new class, destiny, or PrE.
(3) Pick a crafting system and MOVE FORWARD with it as the gold standard.  Move the other system/ingredients to it over time.
(4) Work on balance by giving attention to areas that are weak, NOT hitting everything players enjoy with a nerf bat.

I personally would (in parallel) dedicate a group of developers to spend a significant amount of time cranking out new dungeons from old D&D modules (like was done with Haunted Halls) like mad.  Tomb of Horrors, White Plume Mountain, Lost Caverns of Tsjocanth, and The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan would be great starts.  Who gives a flip if they weren't originally set in Eberron or FR - adapt 'em.  When I was a kid, that's what we did in our D&D campaigns... shouldn't be too damn hard.

Now whether all of that is in budget or not, who knows.  But it's sure as hell where I'd start if I owned responsibility for the game.

If you don't read ever you are not representing play styles or types of players at all. If all you are is yourself and not others like you the you are useless at best.

Yobai wrote on Jun 30^th, 2014 at 3:02pm:


I'm 100% douche but VulviusMaximus is quite a reach. Let me guess, you are one of those brilliant wordsmiths that uses the term "turdbine".


Zaphear wrote on Jun 30^th, 2014 at 9:57am:


Not planning - already using yet another LD build. Blitz is OP, but I have to admit that my primary goal in that thread is to troll Cetus because he, along with a hand full of other people on the mother boards (some of whom are undoubtedly represented here in the Vault), bugs the shit out of me. If I can make his day a little shittier, I'm going to do it. Having to read his neverending, childish whining is pure torture and the ignore filters in the forums are sub-par, so I'm seldom spared from his grating voice.

Should Blitz be altered? Of course. Do I use it? Of course. Does the fact that I use it and think it should be adjusted make me less biased than you? Yes, it sure does. Am I going to start a big campaign to get it nerfed? Nope. I am going to bring it up once in a while though. If that drives you guys nuts, I have to admit, that makes me happy. I am a douche after all. But in all honesty, my primary objective in that thread is to annoy cetus. You guys are just icing on the cake.

Side note - the person suggesting that swinging at the air shouldn't charge Blitz is dead on.

Ugg the Unwise wrote on Jun 30^th, 2014 at 6:19pm:

You do know you can charge blitz before entering quest?

Angry wrote on Jun 30^th, 2014 at 4:53pm:


Hi Micki,

This response does not do you justice and comes across a little selfish.  I am not sure you intended this to be so blunt?

I do agree that you are not elected representatives per se, so you have no direct "obligation" to the community.
However, as a focus group your role is to represent diverse views to ensure the devs get broader feedback than an internal team review.
You are the middle ground between in-house review and customer feedback.  I would go so far as to say that Turdbine are notoriously bad at listening to the forums - so I don't think it is entirely fair to say "When the devs want wider info on what the players want, they post it on the public forums".

I would proffer that if you take your PC role seriously, that it warrants some reading of the forums to at least understand the issues, so that you can provide informed feedback - it is still yours, but you can weigh the pros and cons rather than just provide a one-sided perspective. 
I have read some compelling posts that have changed my view on some matters, and on many other occasions learned things I had not even considered.
I try to avoid alot of the whinge/troll threads, but there are some gems amongst the big pile of poo.

DropBear wrote on Jul 1^st, 2014 at 12:03am:


We are a bit split on the opinions on the PC who's voice we're supposed to be making heard, and yes, we do our best at pushing forward thoughts and ideas of our fellow players, but it is not a requirement. The devs usually present ideas to us first, then to the public to get feedback.

DropBear wrote on Jul 1^st, 2014 at 12:03am:


I might not have stated this enough times. I work as a software developer, mostly focused on bugs and support cases of late. In my free time I play ddo. I have little energy or interest in digging through the load of poo on the ddo forums.. page after page of whining. That's Cordovan's and Turbine's job. I talk to ppl in game and I read the vault.. while I stay way clear of the public forums, unless one of u guys link me something interesting.

Viktor Vaughn wrote on Jun 30^th, 2014 at 9:45pm:


Yes... You however seem to have problems reading..
Stacks... Would...go... Away...

DropBear wrote on Jul 1^st, 2014 at 12:03am:



Yes Miki. Do this so I don't have to.

DropBear wrote on Jul 1^st, 2014 at 6:27am:


Budgets and Umbrella expectations.
4 Updates a year is proving to be too much.

buckeye wrote on Jun 30^th, 2014 at 2:38pm:



In case it wasn't obvious :

Since Devs come and go, everything made in the past is left rotting as is. Devs have a hard on for something, they create a new something... and definitely do no try to look at what the previous Devs did.
If while doing their shit they break some old crap... well to bad, they are not going to even come near to fixing it.

Flav wrote on Jul 1^st, 2014 at 8:39am:


Sigh...
And this is where their culture is all wrong.
If this is the prevailing attitude then they are not a team, nor do they have collective objective.

It's just a bunch of peeps sitting in separate cubicles pumping out independent code for their CV.
It would explain a lot of the issues we see.

Their KPI's should be changed to be more team oriented - and not breaking anything existing!
The focus should be put back on the system and not pet components of that system.
Documentation and support for new code should also be mandatory.

Ugg the Unwise wrote on Jul 1^st, 2014 at 2:02pm:

You do know you can charge blitz before entering quest?

Are you working for turbine and practicing stupidity?